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hyphenated en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Written with a hyphen.
    • Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation.
  2. Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).
    • [The Community Newspaper] is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity. 2005 October 28, Edwin A. Sumcad, “Hyphenated Americans Must Look At Their Mirror -- The Community Newspaper -- To Do What Is Right”, in American Chronicle, archived from the original on 25 May 2006:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most hyphenated Degree=Sup lexicographic
more hyphenated Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

nonhyphenated · multihyphenated · hyphenated American · unhyphenated

Translations (5)

el συλλαβισμένος (written with a hyphen) · hu kötőjeles (written with a hyphen) · hu kötőjellel írt/írott (written with a hyphen) · pt hifenizado (written with a hyphen) · pt hifenado (written with a hyphen)

hyphenated en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of hyphenate
    form of hyphenate
    • People hyphenated the word "typewriter" more often in the past.